Diverticulitis in immunosuppressed patients.
The differential diagnosis of abdominal pain should not rank diverticulitis any differently in immunosuppressed transplant or AIDS patients than in other patients of the same sex and age and with the same clinical presentation. Immunocompromised patients have increased postoperative infectious risks in direct proportion to the degree of their immune deficiency.
Sachar
David B
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Division of Gastroenterology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA. david.sachar@mountsinai.org
D004239:Diverticulitis, Colonic / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D015994:Incidence; D016377:Organ Transplantation